Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

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William Benson

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William Benson Ltd of Robin Hood Works, Robin Hood Street, Nottingham

1855 Company founded

Makers of machine tools, stationary steam engines, screw presses, Jacquard card punching machines, shafting, gearing, pulleys, hoists, pumps, malt crushers.

1963 Company closed. Site subsequently redeveloped and road layout altered.

  • All the above information comes from an excellent website which includes illustrations of the company’s products and a plan showing the layout of the works in the 1950s[1]
  • Illustrations and details of some Benson lathes and a small hand-powered shaping machine are shown on the lathes.co.uk website, which also includes a list of prestigious users of Benson lathes. A Benson lathe is installed on HMS Belfast [2]

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Sources of Information

  1. [1]Website concerning Benson’s history and products
  2. [2]lathes.co.uk website